Combination sofa or chair and disappearing table



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flTTOJfJVEK Patented Jan. '23, 1951 PATENT ore-"res GQMBINAEEIUN; SOFA? R DISAEBEARING;

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drawings.- are intended solely. for. thnpurp illustration; and that. it is; neither desired. I19 intended to limitxtheinvention neoessarilit' teenyor all ofthe-exact detailsofeconstruotion shown except insofar as. they: may. be! deemed: essent al to the invent-ion;

Referring brieflytothe drawings;

Big. 1; isa; fronteleva-tional vlew ofiassnfaiemshodyi ng' one;formof thisiinvention;

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Fi 5 is. airesm nt rr p v wf m t-" two extensible, table panels; with parts-hroken awayand". artlv in section. 'bOg81Irh6lW1t;h the swivellcqnneotion thereofwith thecabl'e by which if; i drawrrintg the side ofthe sofa, and it m-av 'oit he sofa. t}. ig, 1... wit .the ble. pan snm sh0wn.. '-ext ndedp sition r ady: f use, howins heseentensunnort memb s-for the freend atone-panels;

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2 form, of a. single panel instead of at doublepanel asqinthe case of thesoia.

Referring in detail. to the drawings, the-nu,- meral Hlindicatesa sofa havingthe'hollowiback H and the hollow sides 52. In each hollow. side l 2.-, a. pair of horizontally.- spacedrails I14. ane supported in'elevated position. as by'means; of sullport blocks [3, against, the opposedwalls. 15;. A

member 16, including a body it havinglspaced' parallel hinge ears H3 at, oneendthereof i grovided; on each side of the; body. With. vertically spaced web I] whichslidably, engage the rails [4. as shown inli'ig; 6. By means of a. pin-.21 a projection!!! is pivotally supported. between the ears #9,. 'Ithe projection '2!) extends from a nut 2. 2. which screws. 0.11; the threaded; end of a: stem 23. The, latter registers rotatably in a corner ofatable panelz i, and is releasably locked there.- inv by a set screw Eli-engaging thereduced intermediateportion 86, of. thestem. A loop-21in the endof acable of flexiblewire 28 is loosely engaged invan eyelet, 2,9 in. the other endof vthebody l-B;

Ahinged door 36 is provided asthe front panel of; the; side l2. It, isapparentthat when the table, panel 2A is; in alignment with. the vertical plane, between the rails 54, the said panel may beyslid completely intothe side l2; Conversely, whenithe table panelis withdrawn fromthepside l2 ,itjmay'be swung from thevertica-l to the horizontal position about the; pivot 23.

A; pulley 3;! is provided against-the rear wall of the hack. ,and a-c oiled spring'32 is'anchor-ed in thebacknea the otherside. l2, at 33. This spring. normallv tends to draw. the panel 2.4 inwardinto the side i 2, as is obvious.

A second, andlike ta le panel 24a is mounted in the same manner in the, other (righthand, 2.) side'of the2sofa..and -as all the parts thereof are similar to those above described, theyare notshown-or described indetail When thetwota-ble panels 245' and24a are in positions; shown in Figs. 2 and 3, a means isrequired to hold. up t e juxtaposed freeends of the panels. Such means is provi ed in the form (lfj'the support 34. A rod- 351s slidabl-y mounted in brackets; 36. against; the-underside of the sofa. Eivotally, secured to this rodnear the front. end, orat the: front end, thereof, isasupportbar 3,1, one end 38; of this-bar projeotin z beyond the pivot 35, as shownin Fig. 9, so that when the ban is; swung into the vertical position shownthe exten ion afireachesthe floor 39. The upper end of the bar 3'i is provided. with spaced. ears 4:9. Apair of similar, arms, 4! anddz whoseinner. ends are arched substantially asshowmare pivotally secured at the extremities of said inner ends, on pins 43, to the cars 40 at opposite ends of the said ears, as more clearly shown in Fig. 10. When folded down into the positions shown in broken lines in Fig. 9, these arms are out of the way, and the bar 31 may be folded down to horizontal position and then the rod 35 is pushed under the couch, into the position shown in Fig. 1. When the arms 4! and 42 are swung, through arcs of approximately 90 degrees from the positions shown in broken lines, Fig. 9, to the positions shown in full lines, they rest on the top edge of the support 31 in horizontal position, and are thus able to support the free ends of the table panels 2s and 24a, as shown.

In the modified form of the invention as applied to a chair, Fig. 11, the same panel 24 is mounted in the side i2a in the same manner as 7 previously described, the hinged door 30a equivalent to the door 3%, bein provided in the same manner. But one side lZa of the chair is used to house the single table panel 24, and a similar support 31a pivoted to the rod 35a is used in the same manner to hold up the free end of the panel 24.

Obviously, modifications in form and structure may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

We claim:

1. In combination, an article of furniture having a seat, a back rising approximately from the floor to a level above the level of said seat, and a hollow side at one end of said seat rising to a level above the level of said seat, said side having two opposed substantially vertical walls, said walls having opposed rails secured thereto near the top thereof, a body having means slidably engaging said rails and thereby being slidably mounted on said rails, a lug pivotally secured to the forward end of said body, a table panel slidably mounted in said hollow side, a stern rotatably mounted in one end of said panel at one cor her of the latter, said stem being rigid with said lug, the axis of said stem being at right angles to the pivotal axis between said body and said lug, the front wall of said side having a door therein, said panel thereby when said door is open being extractable from said side and being swingable about said stem into horizontal position, means for supporting the other end of said panel in horizontal position, and means secured to the rear end of said body for normally urging said body and hence also, when said panel is positioned vertically forward of said side, said panel rearward into said side, said back being hollow, said last-n med means comprising a coiled spring positioned entirely within said back and having one end anchored said back, a cable having one end secured to the other end of said spring, a pulley mounted in the chair at the v intersection of hollow side with said hollow back, said cable being trained about said pulley and having the other end thereof secured h to said body.

2. In combination, an article of furniture hav- I.

ing a seat, a back rising approximately from the floor to a level above the level of said seat, and a hollow side at one end of said seat rising to a level above the level of said scat, said side having two opposed substantially vertical walls,

said walls having opposed rails secured thereto near the top thereof, a body having means slidably engaging said rails and thereby being slid- 1 ably mounted on said rails, 2. lug pivotally se- 2 cured to the forward end of said body, a table 4 panel slidably mounted in said hollow side, a stem rotatably mounted in one end of said panel at one corner of the latter, said stem being rigid with said lug, the axis of said stem being at right angles to the pivotal axis between said body and said lug, the front wall of said side having a door therein, said panel thereby when said door is open being extractable from said side and being swingableabout said stem into horizontal position, means for supporting the other end of said panel in horizontal position, and means secured to the rear end of said body for normally urging said body and hence also, when said panel is positioned vertically forward of said side, said panel rearward into said side, said means for supporting the other end of said panel comprising a rod slidably mounted in said article under said seat and adapted to be withdrawn part way therefrom, said rod having a bar pivotally secured to the outer end thereof and thereby being adapted to be swung into verticalposition with the upper end thereof positioned'under said other end of said panel.

3. In combination, a sofa or like article of furniture including a seat, a back, and hollow sides at the ends of said seat, said back and said hollow sides rising approximately from the floor to levels above the level of said seat, opposed substantially horizontal rails mounted in said hollow sides near the tops of the latter at thesame horizontal level, said hollow sides having open front ends, doors on said open' front yends adapted to close the same, two universal joints, each of said joints including a body slidably mounted on said rails in one of said sides, two table panels, one end of one of said panels having a corner thereof secured to the forward end of one of said joints, one end of the otherof said panels having a corner thereof secured to the other of said joints, means normally urging said bodies rearward in said sides, said panels when in vertical position forward of said hollow sides being adapted to be drawn into said sides by said means, said panels when insaid vertical position forward of said hollow sides being swingable into horizontal position with the other ends of the panels juxtaposed; and means for supporting said juxtaposed ends of said panels in said horizontal position, said last-namedmeans comprising a rod slidably mounted on said sofa under said seat and adapted tobe pulledpartway outward from the front of said seat, said rod having a bar pivoted to the forward end thereof and being thereby adapted to be swung into upright position, said bar in the latter position having the upper end thereof positioned under and supporting said juxtaposed ends of said panels.

4. In combination, a sofa or like article of furniture including a seat, a back, and hollow sides at the ends of said seat, said back andsaid hollow sides rising approximately from the floor to levels above the level of said seat, opposed substantially horizontal rails mounted in said hollow sides near the tops of the latter at the same horizontal level, said hollow sides havin open front ends, .doors on said open front ends "other of said joints, means normally urging said bodies rearward in'said sides, said panels when in vertical position forward of said hollow sides being adapted to be drawn into said sides by said means, said panels when in said vertical position forward of said hollow sides being swingable into horizontal position with the other ends of the panels juxtaposed, and means for support-- ing said juxtaposed ends of said panels in said horizontal position, said last-named means comprising a. rod slidably mounted on'said sofa under said seat and adapted to be pulled partway outward from the front of said seat, said rod having a bar pivoted to the forward end thereof and being thereby adapted to be swung into upright position, a pair of hook-shaped arms having the extremities of the curved ends thereof pivoted to the top of said rod on opposite sides of the rod and normally lying with the shanks of said arms positioned against said opposite sides of the rod, said rods being swingable upward and in opposite arcuate directions to bring said shanks to rest on the upper extremity of said rod, said shanks in said latter position ex-- tending in opposite horizontal directions with one of said shanks being positioned under one of said panels and the other of said shanks positioned under the other of said panels.

ANDREW YODICE. ANN YODICE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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